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- noun obsolete Nephew.
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- noun Obsolete form of
nephew .
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Examples
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I was clapped in here by a rascally nevew as wishes to enjoy my wealth afore I'm dead. '
The Story of a Bad Boy Thomas Bailey Aldrich 1871
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'When your nevew that you recommended for a teacher had done this to my pa and jumped upon his body with his feet and also langwedge which
Nicholas Nickleby Charles Dickens 1841
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In the morning the husband looks uppon his wife, the Brother his sister, the cozen the cozen, the Oncle the nevew, that weare for the most part found deade.
Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson Pierre Esprit Radisson 1673
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I'm soglad you got this wondewful fuwwevew home. .it's a wondewful one. and you'll nevew be cold ow hungwya gain
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_nevew_ (French _neveu_) insted ov _nephew_, hwich iz both
Chips From A German Workshop, Vol. V. Miscellaneous Later Essays 1861
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‘When your nevew that you recommended for a teacher had done this to my pa and jumped upon his body with his feet and also langwedge which I will not pollewt my pen with describing, he assaulted my ma with dreadful violence, dashed her to the earth, and drove her back comb several inches into her head.
Nicholas Nickleby 2007
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"He's gi'en 'em to his nevew, and I'm a-wheelin 'of 'em home for him.
Aunt Rachel David Christie Murray
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"He vas my nevew, Robert Glendenning" (she pronounced it however Robare
Sara, a Princess Fannie E. Newberry
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In the morning the husband looks upon his wife, the Brother his sister, the cozen the cozen, the Oncle the nevew, that weare for the most part found dead. "
French Pathfinders in North America William Henry Johnson
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